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Creating A World That Works For Everyone! - The Advocacy Center

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C H A N G E F O R T H E I N D I V I D U A L<br />

Preparing Adults for Competitive Employment<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Advocacy</strong> <strong>Center</strong> hosted Dr. Lou Brown, who presented on “<strong>The</strong><br />

Quest for Ordinary Life: Preparing Individuals with Disabilities to<br />

Function Productively in the Real <strong>World</strong> of Work” to an audience of<br />

two hundred individuals on October 20, 2011.<br />

Pictured at left are Elizabeth Campbell and Dr. Lou Brown.<br />

“This conference was very informative and gave me<br />

many new perspectives and experiences from others.”<br />

Success from the Start Conference<br />

-Success from the Start conference participant<br />

“It’s never too early to start planning” was the message at a conference<br />

presented by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Advocacy</strong> <strong>Center</strong> and the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School<br />

of Education at St. John Fisher College on September 24, 2011. <strong>The</strong><br />

conference, titled “Success from the Start: Strategies for the Journey to<br />

Adulthood,” featured keynote speaker, Dr. Loujeania Bost, Director of<br />

the National Dropout Prevention <strong>Center</strong> for Students with Disabilities<br />

at Clemson University. Over one hundred participants attended.<br />

Pictured at left are Courtney Dolan, lunch keynote speaker; Paul Shew,<br />

Executive Director; and Dr. Loujeania Bost, keynote speaker.

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